[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 3, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 20799-20800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09075]


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                Proclamation 9597 of April 28, 2017

                
National Foster Care Month, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During the month of May, we observe National Foster 
                Care Month and we celebrate those who have opened their 
                homes and their hearts to children in need and those 
                who have devoted their careers to serving America's 
                foster youth.

                Americans throughout the country are serving their 
                communities as foster parents, mentors, respite care 
                providers, and volunteers. In the last year alone, 
                America's foster families opened their homes and hearts 
                to more than 300,000 young people.

                But we can do more. Every child deserves a safe and 
                supportive family. Ensuring that children grow up with 
                the opportunity to reach their full potential is a top 
                priority of my Administration. For thousands of 
                children whose biological families are unable to 
                support them, foster families provide a secure and 
                nurturing environment that is essential for a 
                successful start in life.

                Foster families serve young people from all walks of 
                life, from infants awaiting adoption, to children 
                seeking reunification with their families and teens in 
                need of safe havens from negative influences. In many 
                cases, they offer our Nation's most at-risk children a 
                second chance at the American Dream.

                A tremendous demand exists for foster parents and 
                families across the country. Together as a Nation, we 
                must raise awareness about this need and inspire 
                volunteers to step forward and invest in the lives of 
                our Nation's youth through our foster care system.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, Donald J. Trump, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim May 2017 as National 
                Foster Care Month. I call upon all Americans to observe 
                this month by taking time to help children and youth in 
                foster care and to recognize the commitment of those 
                who touch their lives, particularly celebrating their 
                foster parents and other caregivers.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                first.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2017-09075
Filed 5-2-17; 11:15 am]
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